Microsoft SharePoint, also known as Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies is a collection of products and software elements that include, amongst a growing selection of components, Internet Explorer based collaboration functions, process management modules, search modules and a document-management platform. SharePoint can be used to host web sites that access shared workspaces, information stores and documents, as well as host defined applications such as wikis and blogs. All users can manipulate proprietary controls called "web parts" or interact with pieces of content such as lists and document libraries.
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Microsoft SharePoint, also known as Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies is a collection of products and software elements that include, amongst a growing selection of components, Internet Explorer based collaboration functions, process management modules, search modules and a document-management platform. SharePoint can be used to host web sites that access shared workspaces, information stores and documents, as well as host defined applications such as wikis and blogs. All users can manipulate proprietary controls called "web parts" or interact with pieces of content such as lists and document libraries.
Overview
The term "SharePoint" can collectively refer to a number of products ranging from the base platform to various services. WSS is the platform and is included with Windows Server and as a free download for registered servers, while services such as MOSS provide additional functionality and features and are licensed accordingly.
Microsoft identifies the following as part of the SharePoint products and technologies family:
- Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS)
- Search Server 2008 Express
- Forms Server 2007
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 MOSS Standard
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 MOSS Enterprise
Also in the SharePoint family is a free editor to help administrators develop and customize SharePoint solutions:
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer
Previous versions of this software used different names such as "SharePoint Portal Server 2003," "SharePoint Team Services" but are also referred to as SharePoint or SharePoint Technologies. Since the beginning, when the SharePoint initiative was collectively called Tahoe, SharePoint development has been a mixed bag of products and technologies and included the now defunct Site Server 3.0.
SharePoint, as a collection of technologies, is not intended to simply replace a full file server or to be a single use solution. Instead, it is geared and positioned to play various roles in the business and enterprise environment. Microsoft markets these vectors as Collaboration, Processes, and People.
The SharePoint UI is accessed through a web interface in a browser. While all browsers are supported, only browsers that fall under the Microsoft designation of "Level 1" are fully integrated and only these browsers will be able to leverage the full functionality of a SharePoint Solution.
SharePoint sites are functionally ASP.NET 2.0 web applications, which are served using IIS and use a SQL Server database as a data storage back end. All site content data, such as items in document libraries and lists, are stored within a database identified by default as "WSS_Content_1".
Microsoft Search Server (MSS)
Microsoft Search Server (MSS), an enterprise search platform from Microsoft, builds on the search capabilities of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.
